SDSU-USD football dates back to 1889

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As it should be, South Dakota State will play the University of South Dakota in football Nov. 17, 2012, at Brookings.

Coughlin-Alumni Stadium on the SDSU campus will be 51 years old by then, and this will be one of its biggest games.

Sadly, the last time the two rivals played in football was 2003 - the Jacks beat the Coyotes 22-11 in Vermillion. USD is leading the heated series 50-48, with seven ties.

Even the fans back in 1889 knew it was going to be a good rivalry as that first game ended in a 6-6 tie. The other ties came in 1904, 1922, 1926, 1932, 1952 and 1976.

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The two teams have played each other twice in 12 different years. They split seven times, and SDSU won both games four of the years and USD won both one year.

It was a series that shouldn't have taken what will have been a nine-year hiatus. It didn't matter that SDSU was moving up a division at the time. The rivalry should have continued. Shame on anyone who had a hand in ending the rivalry, which provided a lot of fun for fans across this state.

USD dominated the early years of the rivalry, going 9-0-2 against the Jacks until SDSU got its first win, 13-6, over the Coyotes in 1919. In six of the first 11 meetings, USD held SDSU scoreless.

The Coyotes especially took pride in their 73-7 beatdown of SDSU in 1912. Of course, SDSU repaid the favor in 1963 with a 61-0 win. The most games the Coyotes have won in a row as eight starting in 1935 and SDSU six starting in 1990.

Here are another interesting games in the series:

Oct. 31, 1954: Despite all the Kill The Bunnies-themed floats, SDSU nipped USD 20-19 on Dakota Days in Vermillion.

SDSU put together long, sustained marches of 84, 73 and 88 yards for its three touchdowns. USD scored its three with “a suddenness that seemed to take away the breath of fans,” according to newspaper reports of the game.

USD scored first on a seven-play, 74-yard, five-minute drive capped by Milbank native Carl Johnson's two-yard run followed by Arlen Haakinson's one-point conversion. SDSU answered in the second quarter on a one-yard run by Jerry Welch and conversion by Dick Steiner to tie the game at 7 at halftime.

In the third quarter, Johnson scored for USD again on a 30-yard run after a 42-yard pass play, but the Coyotes missed the conversion. SDSU scored at the end of the third quarter on a 14-yard run by Welch with the conversion by Ken McKenzie to give SDSU a 14-13 lead.

Early in the fourth quarter, SDSU scored again on a two-yard run by Roger Denker, but missed the conversion. The first play after the kickoff, Wayne Ailts got loose for a 65-yard TD run. However, SDSU lineman Harwood Hoeft tackled Haakinson to prevent him from getting into the end for the conversion that would have tied the game.

SDSU vs. USD

1889ÉSDSU 6, USD 6.

1901ÉUSD 22, SDSU 0.

1902ÉUSD 10, SDSU 10.

1904ÉSDSU 6, USD 6.

1905ÉUSD 17, SDSU 0.

1906ÉUSD 22, SDSU 0.

1910ÉUSD 33, SDSU 0.

1911ÉUSD 15, SDSU 6.

1912ÉUSD 73, SDSU 7.

1914ÉUSD 12, SDSU 0

1915ÉUSD 7, SDSU 0.

1919ÉSDSU 13, USD 6.

1920ÉUSD 7, SDSU 3.

1921ÉSDSU 9, USD 0.

1922ÉUSD 15, SDSU 6;

1922ÉSDSU 7, USD 7.

1923ÉSDSU 7, USD 0.

1924ÉSDSU 10, USD 3.

1925ÉSDSU 7, USD 0.

1926ÉSDSU 0, USD 0.

1927ÉUSD 16, SDSU 12.

1928ÉSDSU 13, USD 0.

1929ÉSDSU 6, USD 0.

1930ÉSDSU 13, USD 6.

1931ÉUSD 10, SDSU 0.

1932ÉSDSU 0, USD 0.

1933ÉSDSU 14, USD 0.

1933ÉUSD 6, SDSU 0.

1934ÉSDSU 19, USD 0.

1935ÉUSD 7, SDSU 2.

1936ÉUSD 6, SDSU 0.

1937ÉUSD 12, SDSU 2.

1938ÉUSD 7, SDSU 0.

1939ÉUSD 21, SDSU 7

1940ÉUSD 26, SDSU 0.

1941ÉUSD 40, SDSU 0.

1942ÉUSD 7, SDSU 0.

1946ÉSDSU 20, USD 0.

1947ÉUSD 26, SDSU 7.

1948ÉUSD 33, SDSU 0.

1949ÉSDSU 27, USD 25.

1950ÉSDSU 54, USD 28.

1951ÉUSD 26, SDSU 6.

1952ÉSDSU 21, USD 21.

1953ÉSDSU 25, USD 0.

1954ÉSDSU 20, USD 19.

1955ÉSDSU 27, USD 7.

1956ÉUSD 19, SDSU 14.

1957ÉSDSU 21, USD 13.

1958ÉUSD 28, SDSU 7.

1959ÉSDSU 12, USD 7.

1960ÉSDSU 28, USD 7.

1961ÉSDSU 34, USD 6.

1962ÉSDSU 24, USD 0.

1963ÉSDSU 61, USD 0.

1964ÉUSD 10, SDSU 7.

1965ÉSDSU 30, USD 14.

1966ÉSDSU 22, USD 18.

1967ÉSDSU 42, USD 14.

1968ÉUSD 55, SDSU 32.

1969ÉSDSU 20, USD 14.

1970ÉUSD 26, SDSU 0.

1971ÉUSD 37, SDSU 18.

1972ÉUSD 42, SDSU 27.

1973ÉUSD 36, SDSU 10.

1974ÉUSD 20, SDSU 6.

1975ÉSDSU 24, USD 22.

1976ÉSDSU 17, USD 17.

1977ÉUSD 15, SDSU 10.

1978ÉUSD 24, SDSU 7.

1979ÉSDSU 26, USD 21.

1979ÉSDSU 33, USD 28.

1980ÉSDSU 21, USD 13.

1980ÉUSD 16, SDSU 7.

1981ÉSDSU 21, USD 20.

1981ÉUSD 28, SDSU 16.

1982ÉSDSU 20, USD 7.

1982ÉUSD 31, SDSU 6.

1983ÉUSD 48, SDSU 23.

1984ÉUSD 45, SDSU 42.

1985ÉUSD 33, SDSU 13.

1985ÉSDSU 24, USD 12.

1986ÉUSD 26, SDSU 14.

1986ÉUSD 51, SDSU 39.

1987ÉUSD 30, SDSU 21.

1988ÉUSD 22, SDSU 21.

1989ÉSDSU 14, USD 7.

1989ÉUSD 35, SDSU 13.

1990ÉSDSU 24, USD 3.

1990ÉSDSU 16, USD 14.

1991ÉSDSU 19, USD 7.

1991ÉSDSU 21, USD 18.

1992ÉSDSU 13, USD 0.

1992ÉSDSU 31, USD 21.

1993ÉUSD 29, SDSU 7.

1994ÉSDSU 26, USD 10.

1995ÉSDSU 31, USD 3.

1996ÉSDSU 28, USD 17.

1997ÉUSD 21, SDSU 3.

1998ÉSDSU 24, USD 10.

1999ÉSDSU 43, USD 30.

2000ÉUSD 41, SDSU 28.

2001ÉSDSU 20, USD 3.

2002ÉSDSU 27, USD 20.

2003ÉSDSU 22, USD 11.

John Papendick is the managing news-sports editor for the American News. Readers tell and e-mail him with stuff plus he reads all the daily newspapers in South Dakota on a daily basis. Reach him at jpapendick@aberdeennews.com. BlogÉaberdeensports.net/inthehuddle/